Biography:

Rosalina Neri (12 November 1927–5 June 2024) was an Italian stage, television, film, and radio actress.

Life, career and death

Born in Arcisate, Province of Varese, Neri started her career appearing in the 1954 Garinei & Giovannini‘s musical comedy Tobia la candina spia.^[1] She had her breakout with the Marcello Marchesi‘s RAI variety show Invito al sorriso, and got a lot of press coverage because of her resemblance to Marilyn Monroe, which led to her being labeled as the “Italian Marilyn Monroe” and nicknamed Marilina.^[1][2][3]

During a trip in England to shoot a television commercial Neri knew the conductor Jack Hylton, with whom she started a long relationship and had a daughter, Angela.^[2][3][4] During her career she was mainly active on stage, where among others she worked with Giorgio Strehler and Umberto Simonetta.^[1][2] Rosalina Neri died on 5 June 2024 at the age of 96 years in Milan, Italy.

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